Got pictures uploaded for all signers. some family members are till generic profile pics.

Note..I removed the "signer of the dec" notation on the display name of Benjamin Harrison II, and added a note to his "about me" that he is really the signers great great grandfather. I have NOT tried to clean up the tree anymore, just wanted to get that incorrect display removed to make it a bit easier.

I love it! Not just a link though -- you can TAG it to all the signers profiles as a dated event, and then it will show on their profile "timeline."

Do these steps:

- media tab
- "documents" on right: click here to upload document
- post a new link tab (add a document from the internet)
- C&P the Wikipedia URL, "upload document"
- quick edit: add date, location, and description of the source
- add as many tags (profile names from "search") as you can: you may only be able to do a couple at a time

LOL!!! Got the sigs flagged! Where do you want these posted in the new scheme for hte profiles?

Oh wow....can we use this (or something similar) as the "summary" on each profile, then just personalize with something like "Stephen Hopkins was the 1st signer from the Rhode Island delegation in Philadelphia"? We coudl do a bit more on Jefferson and a few select others who contributed more.

Collective biography of the Framers of the Constitution
In the winter and spring of 1786-1787, twelve of the thirteen states chose a total of 74 delegates to attend what we now know as the Federal Convention in Philadelphia. Nineteen delegates chose not to accept election or attend the debates; for example, Patrick Henry of Virginia thought that state politics was far more interesting and important than national politics, though during the ratification controversy of 1787-1788 he claimed, "I smelled a rat." Rhode Island did not send delegates, because of its politicians' suspicions of the Convention delegates' motivations. Of the 55 who did attend at some point, no more than 38 delegates showed up at one time.[5]

These delegates represented a cross-section of 18th century American leadership. Almost all of them were well-educated men of means who were leaders in their communities. Many were also prominent in national affairs. Virtually every one had taken part in the American Revolution; at least 29 had served in the Continental Army, most of them in positions of command. Scholars have examined the collective biography of them as well as the signers of the Declaration and the Constitution.[6]

The way I would see it is that something that applies to the group, such as the Trumbull painting, is uploaded as a document and then tagged to all the profiles.

And then the overview is for the individual genealogies and biographical data.

Does that make sense?

The sig jpgs are of course individual media objects.

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18.10.2010 в 2:43 после полудня

Erica, I did the path between us and it says "Erica Isabel Howton is your 11th cousin once removed" it has the path from my Mothers side.. My father is the Rutledge and that is the side the letter I posted is from. it was from his aunt Pearl.. weird

I am totally freaking at this moment actually, because I just found the names of two families fellow curators are researching connected to Captain Edmund Greenleaf

All because I encroached on your Rutledge tree!

Man we really are all connected.

Thanks, we have to work on Hawkins County TN soon. It is an entirely fascinating area if you've read about it at all. Moonshiners!

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18.10.2010 в 4:24 после полудня

Dawn,

Fantastic link. (I love the maps.)

What do you say to a Hawkins County TN project? The USGenWeb project has census reports and so on on line. I think that area was kind of seminal? Wasn't it near the State of Franklin, which was formed from Western North Carolina out of Cherokee territory?

Dawn...run, fast, really really fast... Erica sucks you in with her enthusiasm and you just can't say NO! She must have a computer in her brain to keep everything straight...but I for one am SO glad she is here!!!!

Yes Erica...I will work on the Wives project!

We need to do more at some point, but after Signers is clean... the Framers of the Constitution (mostly done with Signers of DOI), Signers of the Articles of Confederation (most are done ) and the few other Founding Fathers who were not part of either the Constitutional Convention or the drafting of the Declaration, like Patrick Henry and the Marquis de Lafayette.

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18.10.2010 в 5:32 после полудня

I was just thinking I can't keep up with you. I can't get the Projects opened fast enough and the mega merging done.

It's all good though. The tree is coming CLEAN and accurate and now, holy smokes, documented and attractive.

Our favorite Mr. Chase
George Clymer
Button Gwinnett
Joseph Hewes
and Francis Hopkins, who with the "important people" in his extended family I would have thought would be an easy task to find a family member but that I spent over three hours on yesterday with not a single valid find in Geni. His son was in the House of Representatives and a Federal Judge, three generations of women related to doctors, reverends and Colonels, and nothing in Geni. Urgh.